20世纪50年代以来,美国中小学数学教育改革一直处于摇摆多变之中,其重大改革就有3次。20世纪50年代末的“新数学运动”,基本上着眼于课程的改革,旨在加强数学课程的现代化,培养高技术人才。70年代出现了“恢复基础运动”教育热潮,强调数学课程中的基础知识和基本技能的训练,恢 Since the 1950s, the reform of mathematics education in primary and secondary schools in the United States has been fluctuating and changing. There have been three major reforms. The “new mathematics movement” in the late 1950s basically focused on the reform of the curriculum, aiming at strengthening the modernization of mathematics courses and cultivating high-tech talents. In the 1970s, there was an upsurge of “recovery basic sports” education, emphasizing the training of basic knowledge and basic skills in the mathematics curriculum.